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Burwash road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 104 road traffic collisions in Burwash, Rother, from 1979 to 2025, and 133 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 30 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
104
2,770th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
133
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
30
36 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Burwash

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.9%
  • Serious3029%
  • Slight7269%

What the data shows

  • Burwash had 19 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% more than the 15 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in Burwash were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 18 children under 16 were killed or injured in Burwash, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 19% of collisions in Burwash.

Where Burwash ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,770th
Most casualties
2,787th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,329th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday12 (12%)
  • Tuesday12 (12%)
  • Wednesday14 (13%)
  • Thursday14 (13%)
  • Friday19 (18%)
  • Saturday18 (17%)
  • Sunday15 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight70 (67%)
  • Dark, no street lighting28 (27%)
  • Dark, street lights lit4 (3.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway104 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph70 (67%)
  • 40 mph9 (8.7%)
  • 50 mph2 (1.9%)
  • 60 mph22 (21%)
  • 70 mph1 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds94 (90%)
  • Raining, no high winds5 (4.8%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (1%)
  • Other1 (1%)
  • Not recorded1 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant74 (56%)
  • Pedestrian22 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist21 (16%)
  • Van occupant8 (6%)
  • Cyclist4 (3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Burwash road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Burwash, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Burwash peaked at 7 in 1996; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202445
202322
202211
202134
202022
201922
201812
201700
201623
201544
201411
201346
201200
201111
201000
200911
200822
200711
200611
200500
200444
200333
200245
200122
200012
199933
199812
199757
1996710
199533
199411
199322
199245
199111
199012
198922
198822
198722
198600
198533
198458
198344
198235
198137
198022
197926

Map of recent crashes in Burwash

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Burwash

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Burwash

The 24 most recent collisions in Burwash happened between 16 October 2014 and 3 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Burwash

Of the 104 collisions in Burwash, 77 were on the A265.

Collisions in Burwash on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA26577101224

Council area for Burwash

Burwash is in Rother, where police recorded 14,013 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Burwash accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Burwash

All 104 collisions in Burwash were in the TN19 postcode district.